Wear Plate Installation for Gold Processing Plants
Professional installation of sacrificial wear liners and hardened steel plates to protect gold processing assets from high-impact and abrasive wear across Western Australia and Queensland operations.
Sacrificial Wear Liners & Hardened Steel Plates for Gold Plant Impact Zones
Gold processing plants subject structural assets to continuous high-energy impact from falling ore, coarse aggregate and abrasive slurry. Without sacrificial wear protection, primary structural steel carries the full burden of this impact and fails at accelerating cost.
As part of Australian gold mine maintenance specialists, our wear plate installation teams deliver precise fit and weld of hardened steel liners across the full range of gold processing assets. We supply and install Bisalloy, Hardox and chromium carbide overlay plate grades matched to the specific impact and abrasion conditions at each location in your plant.
Wear plate installation is a core component within our comprehensive wear protection systems for gold mines, providing the sacrificial impact layer that preserves primary structural integrity and reduces total maintenance costs across WA Goldfields and Queensland operations.
- Bisalloy 400 and 500 hardened wear plate supply and installation
- Hardox 450 and 500 liner plates for SAG mill and ball mill feed chutes
- Chromium carbide overlay (CCO) plate for extreme abrasion applications
- Sacrificial liner systems for trommel discharge and ore transfer chutes
- Stud welded and bolted liner installation for rapid change-out during shutdowns
- Custom profiled and pre-drilled liners fabricated to your asset dimensions
The Right Plate Grade for Every Impact Zone
Wear plate selection is determined by the dominant wear mechanism at each location. Impact hardness, abrasion resistance and weldability must all be considered when specifying liner plates for gold processing assets. We select and supply the correct grade for every application.
Bisalloy 400
General purpose hardened wear plate with 400 Brinell hardness. Good weldability, suitable for moderate impact and abrasion in chutes, hoppers and general gold plant structural wear applications.
400 HBWBisalloy 500
Higher hardness plate at 500 Brinell for severe abrasion and moderate to high impact conditions. Used in SAG and ball mill feed chutes, primary crusher liners and high-velocity ore transfer in gold processing circuits.
500 HBWHardox 450 / 500
Swedish engineered hardened steel plate with exceptional impact toughness alongside high surface hardness. Preferred for applications combining high-energy impact with severe abrasion, including trommel liners and mill feed hoppers.
450 / 500 HBWChromium Carbide Overlay
Chromium carbide overlay plate provides the highest abrasion resistance available in a steel-based product. Specified for extreme sliding abrasion at low-to-moderate impact angles. Surface hardness exceeds 60 HRC in the overlay layer.
58-65 HRC SurfaceProtecting Gold Plant Assets from Impact & Abrasion
Wear plate installation is most valuable at the specific locations where falling ore, coarse aggregate and high-velocity slurry impact primary structural steel. We target these locations systematically to extend asset life and reduce unplanned structural failure.
SAG & Ball Mill Feed Chutes
Hardox 450 and 500 liner plates installed in SAG mill and ball mill feed chutes and feed hoppers. Coarse ore impact in these locations is among the highest in the processing circuit and requires the toughest available liner grades.
Ore Transfer Chutes
Sacrificial wear liner installation across all ore transfer chutes in the crushing and grinding circuit. Bolted and stud-welded liner systems allow rapid change-out during planned shutdown windows without cutting primary chute structure.
Trommel Discharge Chutes
Wear liner installation for trommel discharge chutes and scrubber discharge points handling coarse oversize material and highly abrasive trommel undersize. Liner design accounts for both impact and sliding abrasion at discharge.
Crusher Liners & Feed Boxes
Chromium carbide overlay and high hardness plate installation in crusher feed boxes, apron feeders and primary crusher discharge areas. These locations see some of the most severe combined impact and abrasion in the entire gold plant.
Conveyor Skirts & Transfer Points
Wear plate installation on conveyor transfer skirt plates, tail end liners and conveyor discharge chutes. Abrasive gold ore sliding along skirt plates erodes standard mild steel rapidly without hardened liner protection.
Thickener Rakes & Drive Arms
Hardened wear plate protection for thickener rake arms, tips and associated structural components operating in abrasive gold plant slurry. Liner plate extends rake service life between planned maintenance interventions.
Wear Plate Installation Completed Within Your Shutdown Window
Wear plate change-out is one of the most time-critical activities in a gold mine shutdown. Our teams arrive with pre-fabricated, profiled and pre-drilled liner plates ready for immediate installation, minimising the time between asset shutdown and plant restart.
Wear Assessment
We inspect existing liners prior to shutdown, measure remaining thickness and map wear patterns. This data informs liner grade selection, thickness specification and installation method for each location.
Liner Fabrication
Custom profiled liner plates are cut, drilled and prepared to your asset dimensions prior to shutdown commencement. Pre-fabrication eliminates on-site cutting time and ensures liner plates are ready to install from day one.
Installation
Old liners are removed and new wear plates installed by our own qualified tradespeople using stud welding, plug welding or bolted connection methods as specified. All welds are completed to AS/NZS 2980 standard.
Inspection & Handback
All installed liner plates are inspected for correct fit, weld integrity and secure fastening prior to handback. Full installation records are provided to the maintenance team for asset management documentation.
Wear Plates as Part of a Complete System
Wear plate installation addresses high-impact structural protection. For total circuit-wide wear management, it works alongside lining and coating systems that address abrasion, chemical attack and slurry wear on process assets.
Our comprehensive wear protection systems for gold mines integrate wear plate installation with specialist lining and coating services for a complete wear management programme:
Ceramic Wear Lining Installation
High-alumina ceramic tiles for the highest-velocity slurry transfer points and cyclone feed zones where ceramic outperforms steel plate in abrasion resistance and delivers significantly longer service intervals between shutdowns.
Rubber Lining & Protective Coatings
Cold bonded rubber lining and chemical-resistant epoxy coatings for slurry pipework, CIL/CIP tank internals and process vessels where chemical attack and moderate abrasion require a different protection approach to hardened steel.
Wear plate installation is one component of a complete asset protection strategy for gold processing plants. Explore the full scope of our comprehensive wear protection systems for gold mines, or contact our team to discuss a shutdown-integrated wear plate programme for your WA or Queensland operation.
Wear Protection SystemsOther Specialist Services in This Pillar
Wear plate installation works alongside these specialist services to deliver a complete wear management programme for your gold processing plant.
Need Wear Plate Installation at Your Gold Processing Plant?
Talk directly with our team about your plant's impact wear challenges. We assess liner condition, specify the correct plate grade and arrive on-site with pre-fabricated liners ready to install within your shutdown window across WA and Queensland.